Logan was diagnosed with a bleed in his head less than two weeks after birth. He was transferred from the hospital to the children’s hospital in Sydney, and the next day he had a Rickham’s reservoir inserted. The doctors spent 2–3 weeks draining the excess fluid through this until his neurosurgeon decided that a shunt was needed. He had his first shunt put in at 2.5 months old.
During this time in hospital, we had various hearing tests done as Logan had been “referred” for his right ear. It was then diagnosed that Logan had no hearing in his right ear.
We had further revision surgery in September and then again in December of 2017. The December surgery was tricky, as the doctors removed everything from within (reservoir and shunt) and connected Logan to an external drip until he was considered operable and there was no infection. During this wait, he over-drained and ended up in ICU. He was released two weeks before Christmas.
Logan is now 5 years old and has been surgery-free since December 2017. He has since been further diagnosed with bilateral hearing loss and is now aided in both ears.
Logan has an Instagram account, and you can follow his journey here: @masterl_journey